The establishment of work 4.0 and agile methods have far-reaching influences on employees in many ways. One of them is employee health. But how do these effects show up in concrete terms? I would like to give four examples and discuss them. More life satisfaction through work-life balance A currently much discussed buzzword is work-life balance. Already a Study of universe shows that a good work-life balance is the most important career goal for two thirds of young professionals. But what exactly does work-life balance mean? When it comes to work-life balance, I am thinking of models such as flexitime, home office and mobile work, for example in the café around the corner. But is that all? To this end, I have held various round tables. The board of one of the largest German trade unions said that you can fix a work-life balance at work location and working hours.…

Work 4.0 stands for work that is independent of time and place. Numerous companies are currently trying to establish this type of work, as the advantages, especially in recruiting and the high level of employee satisfaction, help companies to be more successful. I have been giving lectures lately and companies often see such work as impossible or difficult to implement, since agile teams have to sit together on site and direct virtual communication is often not effective. That may be correct in the first step. I notice that there are some prerequisites for the implementation of Work 4.0 and I would like to list them in this article and thus minimize the concerns. In short, you need to cut work into small packages in a meaningful way and make them workable and measurable by every location and employee. Reading tip: What is work 4.0 Technology as a prerequisite In order…

Generation Y refers to the generation that was born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s. Due to demographic change, they are currently considered to be the most valuable skilled workers and thus represent the future viability of organizations. Numerous experts and magazines as well as science are concerned about how an employer can be attractive to Generation Y. There are also numerous debates about what Generation Y really wants. From ” Crybots and lazy people “as well as from Top performers is the talk. But what does the generation really want and what should it achieve? To this post got me Christoph pause and Dr. Winfried Felser inspired. What does Generation Y really want? The question in the headline is actually answered quickly. Generation Y is looking for meaning and needs feedback in their work. This is easy to say and even more difficult to implement. Christoph Pause…

Work 4.0 is currently the most important catchphrase in the modern world of work. There are also numerous concepts such as home workplaces, remote teams or flexible flexitime models. A novelty is that professional and private life as well as the boundaries between work, leisure and home are merging more and more. One embodiment of such a new work 4.0 is the Brucklyn in Erlangen, which I visited a few days ago. This article is intended to present my impressions and thus the Brucklyn in Erlangen. The concept was described to me as a kind of hub for creative young residencials. On the one hand, an innovative living concept as well as co-working spaces should be included in the concept. In the course of the opening, I was invited to Erlangen and I would like to give my impressions of the event in this blog article. The Brucklyn in Erlangen…

You are familiar with this term for teams on an online basis, but you would like to find out what else is behind it? In this article, we therefore take a closer look at the advantages and opportunities of virtual teams.Building a team, leading it and promoting its further development harmoniously already poses major problems for many managers in the real world. But if the team is also a virtual one, the implementation of these tasks is often even more difficult. Nevertheless, the number of this modern type of team is continuously increasing – and rightly so! A connection of employees in this way can be used for companies viz promising effects to have. What are virtual teams anyway? Virtual teams are primarily characterized by the fact that they usually only represent a temporary union of several participants in working groups. As a rule, they only come together for the…